Police initially said on the night of the incident, Owens pulled into a nearby gas station in a silver Toyota sedan after an officer working a drunken-driving patrol tried to stop him. He wove his way through a series of parked cars, then took off at high speed the wrong way down a one-way street. He took a right turn on Red River Street, according to the cops, crashing through a barricade and narrowly missing a police officer who was standing guard.

He allegedly hit some of the victims in front of the Mohawk, a local club hosting Spin events during the five-day music conference. He then continued down the street, cops said, where he struck and killed the two victims on the moped and then hit the cab before finally crashing and coming to a stop.